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Hey Patty, some questions...

What brand will Jeff Hardy be on?


What's Randy Orton's attitude been like since his return? When he first came back PWinsider said he hadn't changed, but then I read other reports that said he was working well with his colleages and I havn't heard of any backstage incidents. I also heard him and RVD were the only ones signing autographs after Vengeance in the car park, so he's making an effort with fans.

All these conflicting reports, what's going on?

I was told Jeff would return to SD to reunite Team Extreme with Matt (and Ashley) but I saw a commercial for him for Raw. I still believe the brothers will end up tagging. Maybe Matt will move back to Raw considering Lita is probably leaving and he has moved on, etc. But the plan was for him to join the Smackdown Brand last I heard.

I am not sure about Orton's attitude. The last WWE Magazine has a really jerky interview with him that made me want to slap him silly due to his attitude.

But he says he had an anger problem and he is past that. I have no idea if that is true but so far he is hanging on and I am sure he is being watched to be sure he isn't causing trouble. He's even getting a rub with Hogan so he may have straightened out enough for WWE to believe he will be around for the long haul.

One major problem he had was dealing with fans and got verbally abusive with them. I think he is trying hard not to do that anymore. After all, he is a smart guy and he values his job, I am sure. He was warned and he knows the next time could mean a release and I am sure he doesn't want that.

Hi ya Patty, Hope things are going well. I missed all you guys.

Anyway, to the question;
I was wondering during your times as Editor and Writer.
Have you ever written something, only to be confronted by the Wrestler/Manager/CEO and put in your place.
I'm sure we've all suffered from the dreaded Foot in Mouth disease, but when it's in Print it must doubly embarrassing.

Any Stories you can tell? Maybe one form your WCW Magazine days?

Tikus

It seems that Patty very seldom is on this site anymore, if at all. Also, I fairly new to this site. I've been on for a little less than a year & I notice the amount of posts, threads, comments & replies have dwindled to almost nothing in comparison to what it was when I first got on here.

So who's still with us. Mickeyboy? DPU? You, Me. Anyone else?

Me. Al pops by a lot, too. lilyeah, Elvira, Ice drop by every now and then. 'Tis a little quiet in the hallowed halls of the wrestling forum.

Though it was that way on the Fringe last time I could get the site to work for me too. Maybe everyone's just losing interest in wrestling full stop.

Yup still here, not as often as usual due to some RL things but still here...

Well the thing about Patty, is she has had so much going on in her life. She constantly has to deal with new family issues as well as many deadlines for other things she writes for. She is trying & I'm sure she'll do her best to keep up more often when permitted, but right now, it's just been real tough on her. I am pretty sure she reads all of the posts that she's missed though.

But I think it's funny I'm considered a mainstay even though I'm in & out. Sadly I only post when it doesn't have to do w/ wwe because I don't know much about what goes on in wwe these days. But I'm definitely here when you want to know about upcoming indy talent that I know of!

& trust me, I'd have tons more to say if you all picked up independent promotions like PWG, ECWA, JAPW, ROH, FIP, etc. It's not that I've lost interest in wrestling, just big company/mainstream wrestling.

I've really enjoyed the ROH stuff that I've scavenged from Lime Wire downloads. A fair bit of it is pretty old though.

Are they still in free Talent exchange with TNA? It's a really smart thing for both these companies to do. I just hope that TNA don't start to feel like they're to Big to deal with ROH. That would be a mistake.

Mikeyboy was talking about a Japanese Promotion that shows on his UK Cable (I think it was MB?), can't remember which Promo it was though. Sounded like pretty good stuff.

Hope Patty gets the time to pop in every now and then. I liked her insider stories. Still, family should come first, so I guess we'll have to soldier on for a while hey.

Tikus

The ROH/TNA relationship is basically ok now. However, ROH doesn't use too much TNA talent anymore as they now deal w/ the bookings through others and an increase pay. However Austin Starr (Aries elsewhere), Samoa Joe & Homicide will more than likely continue to work in ROH for some time. Might I ask what matches you've found on there & what was your favorite?

The best promotions in Japan that I know of are All Japan, New Japan, Zero One, Noah & Dragon Gate. I sadly have yet to follow any of it, but I plan to be able to soon. I hope to get the newest Noah dvd as well as Dragon Gate soon. & she'll always come back, she has a love for wrestling and her people.